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Aerial View of East Agassiz during the 1948 Flood

Black and white photograph of flooded fields with mountains in the background.

Image courtesy of The Agassiz-Harrison Historical Society, 1988.050.036.

The flooded lands of east Agassiz with a snowy Mount Cheam in the background, 1948. Acres of hop fields were decimated. It took approximately 80 years for the soils to once again support this important crop.